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Banks hit with $549 million in fines for use of Signal, WhatsApp to evade regulators’ reach

U.S. regulators on Tuesday announced a combined $549 million in penalties against Wells Fargo and a raft of smaller or…

Biden order curbing investment to China expected next week

President Joe Biden is expected to issue his long-awaited executive order to screen outbound investments in sensitive technologies to China…

Elon Musk tweets and Twitter bots drove up price of FTX-listed altcoins, research finds

Rampant bots on Twitter helped to pump up the price of cryptocurrency, including coins traded by insiders at FTX hedge…

From banking giants to lending up-and-comers — here are the world’s top 200 fintech companies

From across the globe, spanning a diverse range of applications in finance — these are the world’s top 200 fintech…

CNBC’s top 200 global fintech companies: The complete list

From China’s Ant Group to Sweden’s Klarna, here is the complete list of the world’s top 200 fintech companies. CNBC…

Some crypto assets are securities, Manhattan judge says, complicating Coinbase and Ripple cases

A Manhattan federal judge said in an opinion that cryptocurrencies are considered securities regardless of how they are sold. It allows…

SEC sues entrepreneur, alleging $1 billion in unregistered crypto sales and multimillion-dollar fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed charges against a U.S. citizen it alleged raised more than $1 billion…

Francisco Partners & TPG to take New Relic private in $6 billion all-cash deal

A consortium led by Francisco Partners and private equity group TPG will take software provider New Relic private in an…

Robinhood rival eToro agrees $120 million share sale at discounted valuation

Stock trading platform eToro agreed to a $120 million secondary share sale, giving the company a slightly lower valuation than…

Prosecutors drop another charge against FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried

Federal prosecutors dropped a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried, the second time they have narrowed the indictment against the…